Definition of Stagnant

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Stagnant

That stagnates; not flowing; not running in a current or steam; motionless; hence, impure or foul from want of motion; as, a stagnant lake or pond; stagnant blood in the veins.

Not active or brisk; dull; as, business in stagnant.

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Stagnant Quotations

Happiness consists in activity. It is running steam, not a stagnant pool.
Oliver Wendell Holmes

I don't wanna get old and stagnant and hang around.
GG Allin

Personality is reduced and deformed with depleted thoughts and stagnant mind.
King Hussein I

The old, subjective, stagnant, indolent and wretched life for woman has gone. She has as many resources as men, as many activities beckon her on. As large possibilities swell and inspire her heart.
Anna Julia Cooper

The best thing to do is stare it in the face and move on. We have to face our fears and plow through. I think taking chances takes a lot more courage than staying stagnant and doing what's safe and comfortable.
Terri Clark

While prices of goods continue to rise, American worker's wages remain stagnant.
Ed Pastor

The point of our demographics is that we're not having as many children and the population is stagnant, if not declining. So without immigration, we're not going to have the population.
Susan Oliver

It's evolve or die, really, you have to evolve, you have to move on otherwise it just becomes stagnant.
Craig Charles

Pain has its own noble joy, when it starts a strong consciousness of life, from a stagnant one.
John Sterling

Happiness consists in activity. It is a running steam, not a stagnant pool.
John Mason Good

Stagnant Translations

stagnant in German is stockend, stillstehend
stagnant in Spanish is estancado

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